Enhancing and Advancing Shared Governance Through a Targeted Decision-Making Redesign.

Objective: The study aim was to determine if a targeted redesign of shared decision making improved shared governance (SG).

Background: Nursing SG is collaborative decision making between nurses at every level; it improves quality of care, empowers nurses, and enhances nurse satisfaction.

Methods: Using a quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest design, researchers electronically distributed the Index of Professional Nursing Governance (IPNG) to an inclusive, convenience sample of RNs in a Magnet®-designated 377-bed community medical center.